Jeff Seeney

Who is Jeff Seeney?

Jeffrey William Seeney is an Australian politician and Deputy Premier, Minister for State Development and Minister for Infrastructure and Planning of Queensland. He has been a member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland since the 1998 state election, representing Callide for the National Party and merged Liberal National Party.

Seeney led the opposition from September 2006 until January 2008 when he was ousted in favour of his predecessor, Lawrence Springborg. In March 2011, successive leader John-Paul Langbroek stood down in favour of Brisbane Lord Mayor Campbell Newman. Seeney was elected as deputy leader of the LNP, and became interim opposition leader while Newman led the LNP into the Queensland state election, 2012. The LNP won a landslide victory at that election, and per a previous agreement Seeney ceded his post as LNP parliamentary leader to Newman, clearing the way for Newman to become Premier of Queensland.